e- (n/n) syphilitic swelling on the knee or elbow; cyst on the hand or wrist.

e- (n/n) kind of thorny tree with hardwood. Tajja kunkwasa ku nkanaga. He won't make me do that. He won't make me go to that extent, lit. cause me to grasp the thorny tree. cf. olukanaga, omukanaga.

e- (n/n) fee paid by the plaintiff before a trial, okukuba omuntu enkanamu, to sue a person.

be, okwenkanankana.

ekibonyoobonyo, obulimi obunene, obubalagaze; be in last agonies, okutabunkana.

bob up and down. cf. bbinkira.

etc. cf. ^bbira, ^bbika,^bbinkana.

o- neg. inf. of yenkana- nkana. obutenkanankana mu kusuubula- gana, unfavorable balance of trade.

o- also obwenkamukamu (bu/-) equality; fairness, justice, cf. yenkana.

okutabagana, okwenkana nkana.

okufaanana, okwenkana; (write) okuwandiikira.

okudabankana.

go to waste, be bungied/messed up; taik nonsense.

etc. cf. dabankana.

v., okubuusabuusa, okuteerera, okutankana, okutta aga n'aga.

v., okusanga, okusisi nkana; okulwana na. . . .

be, okwenkanankana; vide okulabwa; make equal, okwenkanyankanya, okuttaanya.

adj., tereevu; be e., okutereera, okwenkanankana; make e., okutereeza, okwenkanyankanya; (soil) okusaanya.

n. (wages), empeera, omusaala; (f. before case) empaabi, enkanamu; (after hearing) ebitebe; pay fees for, okuweerera.

v., okukankana, okupapala, okutemireza.

luvu, a mululu, a mulugube; be g., okululunkana, okununka.

after, okuyaayaana, okwoya, okululunkana.

tya, nnabaki; (how many) meka; vide okwenkana.

be, okutunula ekimama, okblabankana.

a- (ka/bu) crossword puzzle. cf. sisinkana.

a- ow'akasitunkira, gadabout, capricious person. Ow'akasitunkira, talya nkoko ya mukodo. (prov.) The gadabout does not eat the miser's chicken. Perhaps = A rolling stone gathers no moss. cf. situka, situnkana.

a- (ka/bu) confusion, confused state, muddle, cf. vvunkana.

e- (ki/bi) shaking; trembling; earthquake, cf. kankana.

e- (ki/bi) equality; fairness. Akolagana n'abantu bonna mu ggwanga mu kyenkanyi. He cooperates with everybody in the country with complete equality, kyenkanyi or kyenkanyinkanyi as adv. equally; on equal terms; alike; level; abreast; cf. yenkana, yenkanankana.

ndabankanye) v.i. be inattentive, look around in a distracted way.

ndalankanye) v.i. allow one's mind to wander, become distracted.

v., okutereeza, okwenkanya nkanya, okusenda, okuttaanya, okutuukanya; be l., okutereera, okw enkanankana.

v.tr., okwagala, okusiima; be l., okufaanana, okwenkanankana.

o- (lu/n) kind of small tree with sharp thorns. The poles formed from this tree are used in building, cf. omukanaga, enkanaga.

ndulunkanye) v.i. be greedy.

cf. olukanaga, enkanaga.

adj. empale matankane, pants of an intermediate length, neither long nor short (such as those worn by returning war veterans), cf tankana.

v.i., okwenkanankana; v.tr., okwenkanyankanya.

okusisinkana, okusanga, okutuukana, okukuŋŋaana; bem., okusaana, okugwana.

a- plur. (li/ma) equality, okugaba amenkanyi, to divide into equal parts, cf. yenkana.

o- also omwenkanonkano (mu/mi) equality, cf. yenkanankana.

e- (n/n) meeting, rendezvous; confrontation; meeting place; crossroads. cf. sisinkana.

v., okukankana, okutintima, okutitiwala.

v., okukankana.

v., okukankana, okujugumira, okutintima, okutitiwala.

okukankana, okujugumira, ekitengo.

grind (grain, flour). Abasa n'abasa, baasisinkana mu Kijonjo. (prov,) Those who milled, they met at Kijonjo. This is the final statement in a story in which two thieves simultaneously outsmarted each other.

v.i., okugulumba, okubaata baata, okukankana, okujugumira,

okukankana, okujugumira, okutintima, okutiitiira, okugugumuka, okutintimirira.

raise up; cause to stand. cf. -situfu, akasitukira, akasitula, akasitu- liro, ekisituliro, omusituka, omusituliro; situnkana.

be, okwevulunkanya, okufankana, okuligaaliga.

n., ekizimba; (of limbs) amakajja; (of eyes) nnampwa; (of neck) akasanga; (in ear) akawulukutu; (of fingers) olusomyo; (of cheek) endiga; (of knee) enkana; (of feet) enkenge; (of glands) ensanjabavu.

kabootongo; vide kabere benje, ebikaata, ebiwuukirizi, akabaata, kacuucuuke, ekikindu, oluko nvuba, amaga, amakajja, amawe nange, embaluka, embeteza, empindu, omunnyu, enkana, ensalika, e nnungu. syringe, n., ekitiiriiso.

etc. cf. terunkana.

do usually (followed by an inf.); be on the point of doing (followed by an inf.); do quickly or do early (followed by a finite verb). Twa- teranga okusisinkana mu butale. We used to meet each other at the market. Yali anaa- tera okufa. He was on the point of dying. He was about to die. Otera n'omala. Try to finish quickly. Otera n'ojja. Try to come.

okukankana, okutengeeta, okutintima.

okukankana.

be, okusitunkana.

okutiribira, okukankana, okupapa, okusaalaala.

okuvnvunkana n'emmere, to be greedy about food, be gluttonous, okuvuvunkana n'ebintu, to be greedy about things/possessions.

nzivunkanye) v.i. struggle, toil, make a great effort, cf. akavvunkano.

njasinkanye) also yasiikana v.i. shout; bicker, wrangle. okwasinkana inf.

q.v.

reach; (followed by an abstract noun, often the equivalent to the English comparison of equality). Ennyumba ye yenkana n'eyaffe obunene. His house is as large as ours. Benkana obukulu/amaanyi. They are of the same age/equal in strength. Eki- banja kyo kyenkana wa? How big is your piece of land, lit. extends where? buli Muganda w'afa yenkana, every Muganda, no matter who he may be. okwenkana awo, to that degree, to that extent. Wamukubira ki okwenkana awo? Why did you strike him so much/to that extent? kyenkana, lit. it is equal, often used as an adv., equally, in the same manner. Kyenkana okugamba nti..., It is the same as saying/it is equivalent to saying... Amala gavuga kyenkana nga bwe yandibadde omu ku nsi. He drives just as if he were the only person on earth. okwenkana inf.

okwenkana- nkana, complete equality.

v.i. be very busy/ preoccupied; overwork.

v.i. be slovenly; become dissipated; suffer a deterioration in personality.

messed up. cf. dobonkana.

(-terunkanye) also teruukana v.i.

make things troublesome for. cf. tebunkana.